The Daily Beastnominates Aristotle for a posthumous Nobel prize. (Even Aristotle’s mistakes are interesting: Next time you see a European bison, you might not want to stand behind it. Just in case.)
Physicist George Ellis, interviewed at Scientific American, criticizes Lawrence Krauss, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and scientism in general. Some choice quotes: “[M]athematical equations only represent part of reality, and should not be confused with reality,” and “Physicists should pay attention to Aristotle’s four forms of causation.”
Richard Bastien kindly reviews my book Scholastic Metaphysics in Convivium Magazine. From the review: “Feser’s refutation [of scientism]… alone makes the purchase of the book well worthwhile.”
At The Chronicle of Higher Education, philosopher Eric Schwitzgebel explains how David Chalmers’ book The Conscious Mind challenged his confidence in materialism, and scientist Andrew McAfee explains how Bjørn Lomborg’s book The Skeptical Environmentalist and the work of Julian Simon expose the ideological thinking underlying many environmentalist claims.
Mike Flynn calls attention to the new magazine Sci Phi Journal, which is devoted to science fiction and philosophy, naturally. Here’sthe website, and here’sthe first issue.
While on the subject of science fiction: Jonathan Nolan is working on adapting Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series for HBO.
Philosopher Anna Marmodoro is interviewed at 3:AM Magazineabout Aristotle, causal powers, philosophy of perception, and the Incarnation.
On causal powers, laws of nature, and the medieval-to-modern transition: Eric Watkins’ anthology The Divine Order, the Human Order, and the Order of Nature: Historical Perspectives is reviewed at Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
Anthony McCarthy on the abortion debate at Oxford that never happened.
I called attention recently to the DSPT’s video interviews with participants in its summer 2014 conference. New interviews have since been added to the DSPT YouTube playlist, including clips with Fr. Thomas Joseph White, Msgr. Robert Sokolowski, Steven Long, and Matthew Levering.
The Thinker-Artist, Mark Anderson’s e-book of philosophical fiction, will be available for free at Amazon this Friday (today) and Saturday.
